Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud

Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud

Towards the end of the summer of 2016 I found an old diary in a cardboard box, hundreds of typed pages, the first dated 9 September 1989. I put the diary away without reading it; I had lost my father, my mother had died only three months earlier, and it was not the right time to think about anything. I was hea......
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<p>‘Towards the end of the summer of 2016 I found an old diary in a cardboard box, hundreds of typed pages, the first dated 9 September 1989. I put the diary away without reading it; I had lost my father, my mother had died only three months earlier, and it was not the right time to think about anything. I was heartbroken.<br><br>As I remembered it the diary was about sitting again, an easy portrait this time, fully clothed, the manuscript mainly a record of my father’s remarkable stories. I imagined all his stories were amusing, uncontentious, but even if that had been true I still would not have been ready. It is unclear to me now how I was able so effectively to distort reality.’<br><br>In <i>Naked Portrait</i> Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, through the diary and other accounts of sitting for him, naked or otherwise. Enthralled by his genius, it was only af
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<p>&lsquo;Towards the end of the summer of 2016 I found an old diary in a cardboard box, hundreds of typed pages, the first dated 9 September 1989. I put the diary away without reading it; I had lost my father, my mother had died only three months earlier, and it was not the right time to think about anything. I was heartbroken.<br><br>As I remembered it the diary was about sitting again, an easy portrait this time, fully clothed, the manuscript mainly a record of my father&rsquo;s remarkable stories. I imagined all his stories were amusing, uncontentious, but even if that had been true I still would not have been ready. It is unclear to me now how I was able so effectively to distort reality.&rsquo;<br><br>In <i>Naked Portrait</i> Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, through the diary and other accounts of sitting for him, naked or otherwise. Enthralled by his genius, it was only after his death that she began to question the version of events she had come to accept. The shock of the truth is profound but what emerges is her love and compassion not just for herself as a vulnerable young woman, but for the man himself, who is shown in all his brilliant complexity.</p>

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Naked Portrait: En dypdykk i Lucian Freuds liv

Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud er ikke bare en bok; det er en reise inn i sjelen til en av de mest kontroversielle og anerkjente kunstnerne i vår tid. Rose Boyt tar oss med på en personlig odyssé preget av kjærlighet, tap og refleksjon etter sin far, Lucian Freud. Med utgangspunkt i et gammelt dagboknotat fra 1989, utfolder hun en historie som går dypere enn bare penselstrøk.

En kompleks relasjon

Gjennom Boyts vakre og gripende prosa får vi et innblikk i deres kompliserte forhold. Hennes erfaringer som modellen for Freud, både naken og påkledd, avdekker lag av følelser og minner. Significant momenter huskes, og leseren blir vitne til hvordan kunst kan både styrke og komplisere relasjoner.

  • Forfatter: Rose Boyt
  • Type: Memoir
  • Språk: Norsk bokmål
  • Format: Innbundet
  • Antall sider: 304

Oppdag Freuds genialitet

En av de mest slående aspektene ved Naked Portrait er hvordan Boyt utforsker sin fars mesterverk og samtidig konfronterer sine egne fordommer og virkeligheter etter hans bortgang. Hennes søken etter sannheten kaster lys over Freuds liv og kunst, og avdekker nyanser av kjærlighet som kanskje aldri før har blitt fortalt.

En bok for kunstelskere og refleksive sjeler

Denne memoaren er for alle som er fascinert av kunstverdenen, familiehistorier og den menneskelige tilstand. Ikke bare gir den en dypere forståelse av Lucian Freud som kunstner, men også som far og menneske. Naked Portrait er en beretning om smerte og skjønnhet, og vil garantert resonere med alle som har opplevd tap i sitt liv.

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